Sanctions corner Russian-US relations, harm them - Putin

BRASILIA, July 17 /ITAR-TASS/. Sanctions against Russia have the effect of a boomerang and are cornering Russian-American relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists when answering an Itar-Tass correspondent’s question about his attitude toward new sanctions.

Putin said he is “convinced that harms the national long-term interests of the American state, American people.